Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 556 · 40 questions

How to say it (One beat for each vowel sound): Say the word slowly and clap once for each beat: el – e – phant = 3. Count vowel SOUNDS, not vowel letters: “school” has one sound (oo) = 1 beat. Do not add beats: film = 1, school = 1, asked = 1.

1. 1.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) shirt (b) personality (c) watermelon
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) film (b) mango (c) university
6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) avocado (b) international (c) yesterday
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) together (b) celebration (c) shirt
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) alligator (b) tomato (c) teacher
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yellow (b) caterpillar (c) stretch
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) geography (b) yellow (c) important
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) world (b) refrigerator (c) conversation
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) geography (b) little (c) butterfly

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